{"id":794279,"date":"2018-09-06T19:44:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T19:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=794279"},"modified":"2018-09-06T19:44:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T19:44:16","slug":"santa-rosa-half-marathon-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2018\/09\/06\/santa-rosa-half-marathon-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Rosa Half Marathon 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tying in a girls weekend, at a great destination, with a race is the BEST!!<\/p>\n<p>Gloria arrived early afternoon in Santa Rosa and met up with Sally. We picked up our bibs and drove to Railroad Square Historic district of Santa Rosa. They have cute &#8216;Peanuts&#8217; sculptures throughout the town&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794275\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1379-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1379-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1379-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1379.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794274\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1398-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1398-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1398-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1398.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We drank coffee and sparkling water (fanceeee&#8230;.) at <a href=\"http:\/\/flyinggoatcoffee.com\">Flying Goat Coffee<\/a>, then an afternoon of shopping.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1397-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1397-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1397-768x733.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1397-1024x978.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1397.jpg 1131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Teresa joined us for an Italian dinner at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Restaurant_Review-g32874-d2441454-Reviews-Volpi_s_Ristorante_Bar-Petaluma_Sonoma_County_California.html\">Volpi&#8217;s<\/a> in Petaluma. It&#8217;s an old family restaurant that used to be a grocery during the depression. In the back (now their bar) was a speakeasy. A family friendly restaurant with an impressive display of vintage accordions. Service was excellent and the food was decent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1385-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1385-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1385-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1385-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1384-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1384-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1384-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The four of us spent the night at Sally&#8217;s cousin&#8217;s house. We played &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Legendary-Games-8101-Spicy-Farkel\/dp\/B000H6CKDM\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1536262260&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=spicy+farkle\">Spicy Farkel<\/a>&#8220;. It&#8217;s a good thing Sally knew how to play to help us score. I was confused. We went to bed early in hope of getting a good night sleep for the race. Teresa was running the full marathon and had to get up earlier. We all got up with her. Made it less stressful for us getting ready.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1388-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1388-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1388-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1388-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before the race&#8230;we joined some other MRTT friends and started the race together. Some of them sped up after the first three miles and we did not see them the rest of the race. The weather was P.E.R.F.E.C.T. The route&#8230;lovely. Everything was exactly what you would want in a race. This was my second time running this race. \u00a0The first time was crazy hot. This one was so much better.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1390-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1390-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1390-768x884.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1390-890x1024.jpg 890w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1390.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794282\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40192092_10217562566554629_4201304337130979328_o-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40192092_10217562566554629_4201304337130979328_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40192092_10217562566554629_4201304337130979328_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40192092_10217562566554629_4201304337130979328_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40192092_10217562566554629_4201304337130979328_o.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>About four miles in&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1395-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1395-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1395-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1395.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rounding the corner at mile 13. We are excited to be almost done!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1391-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1391-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1391-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1391.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Friends for life!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794272\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1396-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1396-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1396-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_1396.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tying in a girls weekend, at a great destination, with a race is the BEST!! Gloria arrived early afternoon in Santa Rosa and met up with Sally. We picked up our bibs and drove to Railroad Square Historic district of Santa Rosa. They have cute &#8216;Peanuts&#8217; sculptures throughout the town&#8230; We drank coffee and sparkling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-794279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lets-get-active"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794283,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794279\/revisions\/794283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}